diff --git a/redo/reredo/control.c b/redo/reredo/control.c
index bfc54612..c2acf1dc 100644
--- a/redo/reredo/control.c
+++ b/redo/reredo/control.c
@@ -119,7 +119,6 @@ static void controlUpdateState(uiControl *c)
 //TODO	uiControlQueueResize(c);
 }
 
-// TODO should this be public?
 uiControl *uiNewControl(uintmax_t type)
 {
 	return uiControl(newTyped(type));
diff --git a/redo/reredo/darwin/checkbox.m b/redo/reredo/darwin/checkbox.m
index aa43ec7d..5bf0bf14 100644
--- a/redo/reredo/darwin/checkbox.m
+++ b/redo/reredo/darwin/checkbox.m
@@ -88,17 +88,12 @@ void uiCheckboxOnToggled(uiCheckbox *c, void (*f)(uiCheckbox *, void *), void *d
 	c->onToggledData = data;
 }
 
-static void defaultOnToggled(uiCheckbox *c, void *data)
-{
-	// do nothing
-}
-
-static int uiCheckboxChecked(uiCheckbox *c)
+int uiCheckboxChecked(uiCheckbox *c)
 {
 	return [c->button state] == NSOnState;
 }
 
-static void uiCheckboxSetChecked(uiCheckbox *c, int checked)
+void uiCheckboxSetChecked(uiCheckbox *c, int checked)
 {
 	NSInteger state;
 
@@ -108,6 +103,11 @@ static void uiCheckboxSetChecked(uiCheckbox *c, int checked)
 	[c->button setState:state];
 }
 
+static void defaultOnToggled(uiCheckbox *c, void *data)
+{
+	// do nothing
+}
+
 uiCheckbox *uiNewCheckbox(const char *text)
 {
 	uiCheckbox *c;
diff --git a/redo/reredo/ui.h b/redo/reredo/ui.h
index 6ce62d22..f2d698f8 100644
--- a/redo/reredo/ui.h
+++ b/redo/reredo/ui.h
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ _UI_EXTERN void uiControlShow(uiControl *);
 _UI_EXTERN void uiControlHide(uiControl *);
 _UI_EXTERN void uiControlEnable(uiControl *);
 _UI_EXTERN void uiControlDisable(uiControl *);
+_UI_EXTERN uiControl *uiNewControl(uintmax_t type);
 
 /* TODO
 func NewControl(type uintmax_t) *Control;